acquaintance from among the many 

 members of his tribe whom we subse- 

 quently met.) Two large, projecting 

 and curving cutting teeth on the upper 

 and two on the lower jaw appeared when 

 he opened his mouth. There were also 

 eight molars on each jaw. His eyes 

 were inconspicuous and his ears were 

 small but he had a broad, flat tail, 

 shaped somewhat like the blade of a 

 paddle. 



Having, apparently, decided that it 

 would be unwise to cultivate a closer 

 acquaintance with two men in a boat, 

 our swimmer humped his back, lifted 

 high his broad tail and with it struck 

 the water a powerful slap, the noise of 

 which reverberated from "Mud Pond 

 Mountain to East Inlet Holler" and it 

 threw a shower of water and spray eight 

 or ten feet into the air, looking like some 

 of the war pictures of exploding mines. 



The animal disappeared under water 

 but a long line of air bubbles coming to 

 the surface marked his progress under 



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